Benchmark D:
Explain how extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and its adaptive characteristics are insufficient to allow survival (as seen in evidence of the fossil record).
Indicator 5:
Investigate how an organism adapted to a particular environment may become extinct if the environment, as shown by the fossil record, changes.
Technology
-Microsoft Power Point.
-Internet
Description
Students will pick and research an extinct specie that must be approved by the teacher and create a PowerPoint presentation on that specie. The teacher will have 10 different species to choose from. -Students will spend 2 days researching their specie in the computer lab. They will need to describe their specie, give the environment cause of its extinction, describe what the fossil's evidence shows and their opinion on what they feel could of helped the specie from becoming extinct.
-Students will spend 3 days in the computer lab creating their PowerPoint. The PowerPoint must include 5 content slides, a title slide with their name and the name of their specie, a bibliography, and at least 3 sources.
-The project must include 4 images.
Supporting Resource
According to the article "PowerPoint, Interactive Whiteboards, and the Visual Culture of Technology in Schools",
PowerPoint and other visual technologies have become very important in schools and being able to incorporate these technologies is perceived as a crucial part of the education of children.
References:
Reedy, G. (2008). PowerPoint, Interactive Whiteboards, and the Visual Culture of Technology in Schools. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 17, 143-162.
Tried and True/
New and Innovative
PowerPoint presentations are considered tried and true because PowerPoints have been used in the classroom for many years now. Children are learning to use and incorporate PowerPoint presentations as early as late grade school to early middle school.
Content Area
Curriculum Standard
Benchmark D:
Explain how extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and its adaptive characteristics are insufficient to allow survival (as seen in evidence of the fossil record).
Indicator 5:
Investigate how an organism adapted to a particular environment may become extinct if the environment, as shown by the fossil record, changes.
Technology
-Internet
Description
-Students will spend 2 days researching their specie in the computer lab. They will need to describe their specie, give the environment cause of its extinction, describe what the fossil's evidence shows and their opinion on what they feel could of helped the specie from becoming extinct.
-Students will spend 3 days in the computer lab creating their PowerPoint. The PowerPoint must include 5 content slides, a title slide with their name and the name of their specie, a bibliography, and at least 3 sources.
-The project must include 4 images.
Supporting Resource
PowerPoint and other visual technologies have become very important in schools and being able to incorporate these technologies is perceived as a crucial part of the education of children.
References:
Reedy, G. (2008). PowerPoint, Interactive Whiteboards, and the Visual Culture of Technology in Schools. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 17, 143-162.Tried and True/
New and Innovative